Licence Exemption

1. The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) exempts under section 7(3) of the Railways Act 1993:

[Full Company Name]

registered in [England and Wales/Scotland] with number [XYZ]

from the requirement to be authorised by licence to operate the railway assets described in paragraph 2 below.

2. This exemption applies to:

(a) the network \[forming [name location] or [which passes through X and Y location] and any extensions to this network carried out after [date of this exemption], which have been notified to ORR and in respect of which ORR has consented, together known as “the exempt network”; and

(b) any [train], [station] or [light maintenance depot] operated on the exempt network.

A list of the railway assets to which this exemption applies is at Schedule 1.

3. This exemption is valid from [Day Month Year].

4. ORR may revoke the whole or any part of this exemption:

(a) if the exemption holder is granted another licence or exemption for the operation of all or some of the railway assets to which this exemption applies; or

(b) if ORR suspects on reasonable grounds that the exemption holder has operated a railway asset without a necessary licence or exemption; or

(c) if all or some of the railway assets to which this exemption applies are not used for at least one year; or

(d) if the exemption holder ceases to be the operator of all or some of the assets to which this exemption applies; or

(e) by agreement in writing with the exemption holder.

Signed by authority of ORR

[Day Month Year]

Reference number: Doc # 350882.05 **Schedule 1**

The assets to which this exemption applies are:

| Asset | Date | |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------| | 1. Any [train], [station] or [light maintenance depot] covered by paragraph 2b of this exemption. | [enter date] | | 2. The network \[forming [name location] or [which passes through X and Y location] on [date].\] | [enter date] |